no such thing as an 'ordinary' life

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Ok, I admit it, there have been times that I wished that my life could be mediocre and mundane. I’ve wished I could be content sitting in a cubical somewhere, working a standard 9 to 5 job, making a good living with a 401K, health insurance and the such. I often wondered what it would be like to be what I considered ‘normal’. Then I woke up! I realized I had put myself to sleep, how boring. YAWN! Life is what you make it, and when you add everything else you weren’t expecting, it becomes an adventure. I live an exciting life, sure it has its twists and turns, it’s not perfect by any standard, but it’s rarely dull. I do know that when I ‘stumble and fall’, I must have been either ‘running or flying’ or I wouldn’t have noticed when I hit the ground. With yet another lesson learned, at least I can say I was living!

MY ORDINARY LIFE
Words & Music by Nick Granato

V1 - I’ve not found an easy way, tried some and I’ve always paid
But I hold on, come what may, come what might,
This heart of mine’s been torn apart,
I’ve loved too much and way too hard,
And I’ve questioned trust and I’ve watched it lie in this,
My ordinary life

(Chorus)
The twists and turns along the way, and everyday I’m tempting fate,
Struggling through what’s wrong and right, in this my ordinary life,
Sometimes I stumble, sometimes I fall, I suppose don’t we all,
And every day’s an uphill climb, in this, my ordinary life…

V2 - Yes I have made my mistakes,
Lost some, learned some on the way
I hurt like you, I laugh I cry,
I hold my breath through troubled times,
And everyday I pray for strength, so I can look them in the face,
I wish some days that I could hide from this,
My ordinary life…

(Chorus)

V3 - Well in some eyes they say I’ve sinned,
But I know my God and He forgives,
And those that point I just dismiss, as nothing more than blind,
So I’ll live each day like it’s my last cause time on earth is turning fast, And there’s no gain in what I’ve left behind, in this my ordinary life…

(Chorus)

TAG - Sometimes I stumble, sometimes I fall,
I suppose don’t we all, and every day’s an uphill climb
In this my ordinary life… In this my ordinary life…
In this my ordinary life…